Yes, I have seen, or heard about, the occasional police in a store fining people for not wearing masks, but it is a drop in the bucket.

Right now there is no deterrence at all. There is nothing pressuring the people to keep the rules set for CoronaVirus.

And my opinion has been and still is that if the government is going to make rules and make life difficult on the citizens (albeit for a good cause), they should at least enforce the rules. There is no point in upsetting the entire population with crazy rules (and some that are reasonable) if they are not going to be enforced. There is no benefit to anyone, and it does not stop the virus from spreading.

That being the case, the government upping the ante with stricter rules is useless. If they are not going to enforce the rules at all, not the lighter ones and likely not the stricter ones, there is no point in imposing them on the nation. Most people won't keep to them anyway, and the government isnt bothering to enforce them. So why?

And that is before we even get to the issue of a possible lockdown in September. yes, if people would keep the rules, if more people would vaccinate and/or get their boosters, if more people traveling would keep to the rules of quarantine, we probably would not need to come to a lockdown, but if we do, people, including public figures and journalists, are already saying now they will not adhere to a lockdown in Tishrei over the holidays. People are openly flouting the rules, and the future rules, and they can because nobody cares.

I am fine with nobody caring. But if nobody is going to care, then don't bother making the rules that nobody cares about and nobody is going to enforce.